Device for producing and dispensing lather



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F. P. GALLIPOLI DEVICE Foa PRODUCING AND DISPENSING LATHER Filed Deo. 20, 1922 Wim/8858 /1 TTOH/VEYS atentecl 8, i924,

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DEVISE FOR PRODUCING: AND DISPENSNG LATHER.

Application filed. December 20, 1922. Serial No. 608,116.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK l?. GALLIPOLI, a subject of the King of ltaly, and a resi1 dent of the city of New York, borough ot the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new andlmproved Device for Producing and Dispens ing Lather, of which the following is a full, clear, and enact description.

This invention relates to devices for producing and dispensing a liquid or semiliquid composition or mixture and refers more particularly to a device for producing and dispensing lather.

Heretofore it has been the common practice to employ shaving mugs in which the soap in cake form is arranged and mixed with water by means of the usual shaving brush for producing and applying the lather to the face. In contradistinction to this practice, the present invention contemplates a receptacle or container in which the soap and water are placed, the same being then agitated to produce a lather and means being provided in connection with said receptacle for ejecting the lather thus produced to dispense the same in a proper quan` tity on the brush.

lt is therefore one of the principal objects of the present invention to provide a device for cecting the sanitary production and dispensation of shaving lather in public barber shops whereby the danger ot infection to the patrons is reduced to a minimum. Y

As a further object the invention contemplates a device ot' the character' described which is extremely simple in its construction and mode of operation and which is highly etlicient for the purpose for which it is intended.

Vvfith the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are expressed.

ln the drawing- `Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lather producing and dispensing device constructed in accordance with the invention.

vided at its upper end withan annular 1nwardly projectingvlange 11 and which is eXteriorly threaded as at 12 at its lower end'to receive a removable fixed bottom or base 13. An axially movable disk `or plunger 14 snugly tits within the body 10 and isprovided with a filling opening 15 having a closure cap 16. The disk or plunger 14 is further provided with a discharge spout 17 the same being preferably detachably associated with the disk by-virtue of the frictional telescopic engagement of its enlarged lower end 18 within the boss 19 formed on the disk. mally maintained at the upper end of the body 10 by means of springs 2O which engage and coact with a crossbar 21 att-ached to the disk or plunger by vertical connecting rods 22. The crossbar is guided in its movement by the guide rods 23 which extend through the apertured opposite eX- tremities 24 of the crossbar and which rods 23 are rigidly connected at their lower ends to the body 10. The springs 2O encircle the guide rods 23 and exert a tension between the shoulder 25 at the lower end of the guide rods and the apertured extremities 211 of the crossbar 21. At the upper ends the guide rods 23 are provided with heads 26 which limit the expansion of the springs and prevent entire disengagement of the apertured ends 24 from said guide rods. r1`he flange 11 further serves as a stop and abutment for preventing the movement of the disk or plunger 14C entirely from the upper end of the body 10.

ln use and operation o't the device, the soap in either liquid, cake or powdered form is introduced into the container body either through the lilling opening 15 or the bottom end. The water is then introduced through the filling opening 15 by removing the cap 16 and replacing the same. rlhe entire device is then shaken to agitate the contents for the purpose of producing the lather. To dispense the lather, the operator using the crossbar as a manipulating means presses downwardly thereon against the action of the springs 20 to advance the disk or plunger 14 toward the bottom of the container or receptacle 10, thereby forcibly The disk is norlli ejecting the lather through vthe spout 17 and onto the shaving brush or palm of the hand.

It will thus be seen that a device is provided which aii'ords a highly effective and sanitary method of producing and dispensing lather which is especially designed for use in public barber shops.

I claim: Y v

l. A device of the characterv described comprising a receptacle body of cylindrical foi-mation, a removable closure cap'. fat the lower end of said body, an axially movable 'plunger disk within said lb1o dy,fa discharge spoutv connected to. and communicating with said body, said dischargespout projecting upwardlytherefrom and provided with an outwardly projecting downtuned vdischarge end disposed laterally from thefsideiofthe receptacle body, a cross bar connected with the plunger disk in superposed 'relation thereto, vertically disposed [upon lclosed lower end of the receptacle, to forciupstanding guides extending through theopposite ends ol the cross bar, means for normally projecting the plunger disk upward, and means for limiting theupward movement of the plunger disk.

2. A device of the character described comprising a cylindrical receptacle having a closed lower end and an open upper end, an inwardly extending annula flange at the upper end of said container, an axially movable plunger disk fitting within said rev ceptacle, a discharge spout in said plunger disk, said plunger disk having a filling opening and a closure cap therefor, and means for normally advancing and :tor maintaining the plunger disk at the upper end of the receptacle and in engagement with the flange, said plunger disk adapted downward movement toward the b'ly eject the contents through the spout.

FRANK P. GALLIPOLI. 

